Class Environment

Forts Pond Elementary School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 31 Down from 39
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 58.1 Up from 51.9
Teacher attendance rate 91.8 Down from 92.5
Average teacher salary $58,447 Up from $53,639
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 100.0 No change
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 72.5 Down from 89.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.8 Down from 85.2
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 82.8 Down from 84.8
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 22.3 to 1 Up from 19.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 22.2 Up from 21.2
Number of inexperienced teachers 6 Down from 7
Percent of out-of-field teachers 0.0 Down from 9.1
Number of out-of-field teachers 0 Down from 3
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 66.7 Up from 0
Number of inexperienced school leaders 2 Up from 0

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.